Re: porter's handbook documentation on avoiding != variable assignments

2008-07-20 Thread Matthew Seaman
Kris Kennaway wrote: Can someone add to the PH a version of the advice below? It might need to be fleshed out a bit to provide more context. Kris Variable assignments with != are bad! Try as hard as you can to avoid using them -- especially in Mk/*! Every time something processes your

Re: porter's handbook documentation on avoiding != variable assignments

2008-07-20 Thread Kris Kennaway
Matthew Seaman wrote: Kris Kennaway wrote: Can someone add to the PH a version of the advice below? It might need to be fleshed out a bit to provide more context. Kris Variable assignments with != are bad! Try as hard as you can to avoid using them -- especially in Mk/*! Every time

porter's handbook documentation on avoiding != variable assignments

2008-07-19 Thread Kris Kennaway
Can someone add to the PH a version of the advice below? It might need to be fleshed out a bit to provide more context. Kris Variable assignments with != are bad! Try as hard as you can to avoid using them -- especially in Mk/*! Every time something processes your makefile it will spawn a